Because Democracy is Not Free — we all have to work at it
At least in the days of yore, when I was in school, the Study Hall was a period of only an hour. But in terms of governmental agencies, that period can be months, maybe even years, as no doubt others have experienced. As a by-product of one of my cases against the Center for Disease [...]
Well, I wasn’t exactly sleeping. I was working. I was working hard. I will one day tell the long amazing story of a small community and a friend who had not just the courage and determination to save her public schools, but the know-how too. In any case, the short story is here. The Cupertino community raised [...]
For anyone who doubts that change is taking place at MSPB, I give you the following email exchange: From: Winefordner, Arlin [mailto:Arlin.Winefordner@mspb.gov] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:36 AM To: Charlotte Yee; 14159040580@rapidfax.com; FOIASF; FOIAHQ Cc: Parker, Bernard Subject: RE: FOIA request for FY 2009 Case Processing Statistics Ms. Yee, The US Merit Systems Protection [...]
By popular demand, the FOIA request for Fiscal Year 2009 has been sent. Here’s the document, and I’ll let you know when I hear back from the Merit Systems Protection Board. For those looking for past statistics, you can find the full file download for FY 2007 and FY 2008 at the top tab labeled, “MSPB [...]
Obama met with Stanley McChrystal for 1/2 hour, then replaced him with General Petraeus. Right move. More on it here, at CNN. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fcivilservicechange.org%2F%3Fp%3D2850′; addthis_title = ‘That%26%238217%3Bs+MY+President.+++McChrystal+Has+Been+Replaced.’; addthis_pub = ”;
. . .allow him to ”resign.” Anyone who can’t treat his superiors well, doesn’t treat his subordinates well either. Your senior administration official put it best when he said, that this is “about the culture of his command organization.” I don’t like how he dissed members of your administration. By standing up for them, you stand up [...]
No, I’m not referring to the number of days since the catastrophic oil blowout commenced in the Gulf of Mexico. I believe we are now at #60 on that one. I seem to be “tracking” that event, 10 days later, since it was on April 30 that the Merit System Protection Board ruled in my [...]
My Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request involving the Department of Labor’s (DOL) data destruction policy is still being worked on. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint, followed by a follow up by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) request for investigation, and now, responses to my own FOIA. [...]